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Stythys

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gnome-settings-daemon in openbox

hey guys. I'm using openbox...every time I login I have to manually run 'gnome-settings-daemon' to get it to work. For some reason having it in autostart.sh doesn't seem to work...any ideas?

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Redroar

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Re: gnome-settings-daemon in openbox

You have it set to start gnome-settings-daemon after openbox starts? If not, it's worth a shot.

(sleep 3 && gnome-settings-daemon) &

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Misfit138

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Re: gnome-settings-daemon in openbox

(What redroar said.)
Sometimes you have to play around with what gets autostarted, like where to place it in the autostart.sh and stuff.

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Stythys

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Re: gnome-settings-daemon in openbox

I can have it sleep 10 and it won't work...here's my autostart... http://pastebin.com/m1cd204bf

any ideas?

Last edited by Stythys (2008-06-09 21:08:54)

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bender02

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Re: gnome-settings-daemon in openbox

Full path? Running with 'dbus-launch gnome-settings-daemon'?

Stythys

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Re: gnome-settings-daemon in openbox

that did the trick! thanks

think I should add dbus-launch to the gnome-power-manager and gnome-volume-manager?

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bender02

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Re: gnome-settings-daemon in openbox

Well, if they run ok, then it's not necessary (if it ain't broke, don't fix it

Stalafin

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Re: gnome-settings-daemon in openbox

I have the exactly opposite problem. How can I NOT have the gnome-settings-daemon (as well as the gnome-screensaver) starting. It's being started despite the fact that it is not specified in my autostart.sh.

Obi-Lan

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Re: gnome-settings-daemon in openbox

Do you have ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh file at all? If not openbox will use /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart.sh I think.

Stalafin

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Re: gnome-settings-daemon in openbox

Of course I do! (pfffffffffffffffffffffft )

But yeah. THIS seems to be the issue.

Here is my individual autostart.sh:

# Run system-wide support
. $GLOBALAUTOSTART

# Programs launched at startup


# Programs executed after startup
#(sleep 2 && pypanel) &

(sleep 1 && tpb) &
(sleep 2 && nitrogen --restore) &
(sleep 3 && conky) &
(sleep 4 && trayer --align right --widthtype request --height 26 --transparent true --alpha 240) &
(sleep 5 && tint) &

u
I guess the .$GLOBALAUTOSTART variable causes everything else to be loaded.

That's why I am getting those funky messages about start_kdeinit and stuff.

Am I free to comment those lines in /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart.sh?

EDIT: Commenting out the lines in /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart.sh that were referring to gnome stuff (and for the sake of it those reffering to xfce and kde as well...) actually fixed it.

Thank you Obi-Lan!

Is it actually crucial to have that .$GLOBALAUTOSTART variable set in the invidiual autostart.sh?

Last edited by Stalafin (2008-06-19 14:15:10)

Obi-Lan

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Re: gnome-settings-daemon in openbox

Nah I don't think its really necessary. I noticed that openbox loads its configs from /etc/xdg/openbox if you don't have openbox dir in your ~/.config

Abelian

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Re: gnome-settings-daemon in openbox

No its not neccessary, it just runs /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart.sh - so if you dont want that to run dont have it in your ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh, I don't.

B-Con

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Re: gnome-settings-daemon in openbox

I had the latter question myself this week; good timing.

Along the subject, what exactly does gnome-settings-daemon do when run in just Openbox? All I've noticed is that fonts seem bigger/prettier when it runs, but surely we don't need a daemon for that.

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Stalafin

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Re: gnome-settings-daemon in openbox

Well, there are a couple of things I saw it doing:
1) Fonts - as you mentioned
2) Icons - it sets your icons and overwrites any settings in .gtkrc.mine
3) Theme - Same thing as for the icons; it overwrites any settings configured with, say, gtk-chthemer or manually
4) Gnome-Screensaver - I am not too sure about this, but I believe the Gnome-Screensaver program is also started, overruling Xscreensaver; this also comes with a diplay-lock after you are idling for some time.

Basically it provides an easy way to set GNOME-related options; but as you can do that by hand it just breaks down to be yet another performance hogger.

thayer

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Re: gnome-settings-daemon in openbox

4) Gnome-Screensaver - I am not too sure about this, but I believe the Gnome-Screensaver program is also started, overruling Xscreensaver; this also comes with a diplay-lock after you are idling for some time.

Yep, it manages gnome-screensaver as you said, replacing xscreensaver and the screen lock functions.

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B-Con

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Re: gnome-settings-daemon in openbox

I run gnome-settings-daemon in OB right now and see nothing of gnome-screensaver, are you guys sure about that?

I didn't notice the icons since my .gtkrc has the same icon set.

How can the fonts be set, inside .gtkrc I presume? How can I figure out what font Gnome is set to use so that I can set it manually? Fonts are the only thing from that list that gnome-settings-manager can benefit me.

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